I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.

Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.

I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.